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Fri, 27 May 2022 05:05:14 -0500
Politician gunned down in his car
Commanding Officer of the St Andrew South Police Division Senior Superintendent Kirk Ricketts is promising swift action as the police search for the killers of businessman and politician Lennox Hines, who was shot dead on Thursday by unknown...

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:04:51 -0500
BPO worker thriving despite numerous illnesses
At age 17, Oraine Simpson was eager to move from being a high school student to a full-time entrepreneur when he enrolled in sixth form at a Clarendon-based institution. But those dreams were prematurely shelved after he contracted influenza and....

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:05:08 -0500
Fight breaks out after sex mishap
Persons inside the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court were left stunned yesterday after a defendant said that he and his now ex-girlfriend got into a fight shortly after they had sex. Marvin Dickens told the court that after having intercourse.....

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:04:39 -0500
Paralysed crash victims face future with determination
February 17, 2017 is a date Mikail Jackson and Tamara Noble will never forget. The two children, both residents of Coopers Pen near Falmouth, Trelawny, have been left paralysed as a result of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle collision on the...

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:05:03 -0500
Jubilation as four freed in Clansman-One Don trial
Cheers erupted outside the Supreme Court yesterday as relatives and friends got wind of the news that their kins were among four persons in the Clansman-One Don Gang trial who were freed. Damaine Elliston, Rivaldo Hylton, Rushane Williams and...

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:03:39 -0500
Mother and daughter die eight days apart
Over the past two weeks, Rodney Warsop has been forced to begin adjusting to life without his mother and sister, who died eight days apart. Though his mother Audrey Powell, 51, had been ill for the past four years, Warsop said things took a turn....

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:03:15 -0500
Bank worker skims more than $9 million from client
A customer service representative at one of the island's local banks confessed to swindling almost US$60,000 [approximately J$9.2 million] from a client's bank account. Shevon Mitchell, 31, of a Manchester address, pleaded guilty to...

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:03:56 -0500
Gay link-up goes sour
After spending more than J$700,000 on his online gay boyfriend, Tom* is warning other foreigners against long distance relationships. The 28-year-old who lives in the US said that he had been talking to Joe* who lives in Jamaica via phone calls......

Fri, 27 May 2022 05:02:57 -0500
Disabled senior seeking assistance after multiple setbacks
In March 2021, 76-year-old Blandie Edwards-Rodney's world turned upside down after her husband Anthony Rodney was gunned down in Lionel Town, Clarendon. She said Anthony, who was a farmer, was her provider and since his passing, she has fallen......

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:33 -0500
Kids forced to kneel on bottle corks
The Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court heard yesterday that a Corporate Area man forced three of his stepchildren to kneel on metal bottle corks before beating them in their heads with a knife handle. Ossel Smith pleaded not guilty to one...

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:30 -0500
Downtown Kingston excited about filming of int’l crime series
Persons with business interests in downtown Kingston say they are looking beyond the traffic congestion associated with the production of the international series Get Millie Black as it will boost the capital city's commercial appeal in the long......

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:23 -0500
Self-taught sculptor taps into inborn talent
"The love that I have for my craft is what keeps me afloat" these are the passionate words expressed by 29-year-old self-taught sculptor Roxroy Hutchinson. He creates and displays his works of art at his 'man cave' located in Orange Bay in...

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:29 -0500
Accused money launderer fighting extradition to US
The third Jamaican, Seivwright Affleck, who allegedly acted as a money courier in an international narcotics enterprise will be contesting extradition to the US. Oraina Lawrence, who is representing the accused, made the revelation in the...

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:00:34 -0500
Senior citizen grateful for house from Yohan Blake Foundation
In February, senior citizen Irene Morgan of Corn Hill in Smithville, Clarendon, was in tears as she told the news team about living in a run-down house with no proper toilet facilities. But standing in front of her newly built two-bedroom house,.....

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:35 -0500
Skeng’s attorney expects positive outcome
Prominent attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend, who is representing deejay Skeng, said that neither his client nor any member of his entourage were being disruptive during an altercation at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday which.....

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:25 -0500
Is it OK to be involved with your relative?
What would you do if you found out that your partner is your blood relative? Many Jamaicans have long argued that cousin and cousin boil good soup, but others view this mixing and stirring as nothing but a dirty pot. The issue of relatives being.....

Thu, 26 May 2022 05:02:24 -0500
WEIRD STUFF: Sheep jailed after killing woman
Sheep jailed after killing woman A sheep has been sentenced to three years in jail after it was found guilty of killing a woman. The ram was arrested by police in South Sudan earlier this month after attacking Adhieu Chaping, who later died of....

Wed, 25 May 2022 19:44:26 -0500
Police in motor collision with Tarrus Riley
Earlier today, a police service vehicle collided with a sport utility vehicle (SUV) driven by entertainer Tarrus Riley on the Mandela Highway in St Catherine. No injuries were sustained, however, the police car was reportedly damaged. ...

Wed, 25 May 2022 14:38:41 -0500
Little Ochie Seafood re-opened by health department
The Southern Regional Health Authority has announced that the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant in Alligator Pond, Manchester has been reopened effective May 21. The popular establishment was ordered closed by the health department on May 3 for...

Wed, 25 May 2022 14:24:18 -0500
National ID card unveiled
The Government has unveiled the design of Jamaica’s first National Identification (ID) card, which is engraved with national symbols and has 26 security features.



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